COUPES MOTO LEGENDE DIJON 29 30 31 May 2015

[Chris Todd]

just about to set off f***ing freezing and windy lets hope Dijon is a bit warmer

[husson73]

22 ) celsius in Paris actually no wind some clouds and the sun.

[Wolfie]

Toute Bon Voyage.

Je suis malade comme un perroquet

[Henry A]

Seems a bit cool up north. 30 degrees and not a cloud in sight here.

[Nick64]

Been fighting with the bleeding front brake on the KH followed all previous posted advice and the manual etc.. The KH front brake refuses to play.
I will be on my GT750 instead.

[husson73]

as we will living on the Suzuki Triple Club de France the 3 days they will be very please to see a GT 750 instead of a Kawa triple even if they like us the K triple gang :wink:

[Nick64]

Sorry to disappoint them it is a Kawasaki GT750 - a Z750P4.

[husson73]

Yes. The old iron four, doesn't Matter, it's an old bike

[husson73]

Sunny weather possibly some winds on Calais Paris

[husson73]

perfet sun from friday to sunday until we arrived at 30 miles of Paris and we sometimes riding on th storm. *
Great week nobody has a trouble :smt003 even Gérard who ran on the track with his 400 S3.
Let the 3 UK club members at Pierre's home yesterday evening as Pierre who was on the van arrived with Gérad and his 400 S 3 later :smt003
At this time Andrew, Chris and Nick should be somewhere betwenn Paris and Calais

[Henry A]

Big thankyou to JP and the Suzuki club for a great well organised week end.

[Nick64]

Home safely, Tartan and Chris last seen heading North on M20 all running well. I covered an estimated 1000+ miles at speeds of up to 7000rpm in top gear - can't be more exact as my speedo cable let go 60 miles south of Calais on the way there. We had a brilliant weekend with just some rain near Paris last night and some rain on arriving back in England. I have been co-opted into writing a report for the Club Magazine but a few thank yous are in order. Sorry if it is a bit like an Oscar speech.

Thank you to Tartan and Chris from the Hippo rider! Henry A it was good to meet you, and Hogie you can't have found the Suzuki GT Club tent!

The Suzuki GT Club de France could not have been more generous or organised, a big thank you to them. Our French guides, JP and Yann saw us safely to and from Dijon from Paris and from me many thanks for waiting and shepherding me on the twisty bits as the GT bounced and wallowed through the corners.

A special thank you to Pierre and his wife who opened their maison to 3 British bikers last night - cooked us a lovely meal when the pizzeria was shut and then showed us the way to the Peripherique to help us wend our way home.

Oh and finally thank you to the GT750 for getting me there and back (£650 eBay purchase and nigh on 2 years of fiddling) - new tyres needed - not because they wore out - the opposite - the hard wearing Cheng Shin Hi Maxs must go as they stick to nothing in the wet.

Some pictures are attached:

[Nick64]

our hosts.jpg

Some more pictures

[Chris Todd]

Arrived back in sunny Newcastle about 7.30 last night after 650 miles in the pissing down rain and freezing cold gale force winds F***KING British weather Tartans h2 thru a sickie just as we came into Newcastle so the stayed at mine overnight, had a look this morning, punctured float. Bunged one of my h1a project in good to go he is now on his way up to Edinburgh In 50 MPH winds go Tartan go!! Still a brilliant weekend and would not of missed it .Thank you time.To J.P for organising the weekend a pleasure to ride with you .to the Suzuki triples club for there hospitality those guys know how to rally in style .Lastly a big thanks to Pierre and family for opening there home to three smelly British bikers We have nominated Nick to write up our exploits for the club mag so hopefully he will have this done for the next issue

[Nick64]

Chris - good to hear you made it home OK - now just for Tartan to report in.

[husson73]

Was a wonderfull week end

[Henry A]

Glad you all got home safe.